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American college football season
The 1894 Chicago Maroons football team represented the
University of Chicago during the
1894 college football season .
[1]
[2] The Maroons played a record number of games over the course of the season, though they did not win a record number of games and considered many of their contests in August and September as practices.
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Site Result Attendance Source August 31 Chicago Dining Club W 4–0
September 8
Englewood High School Marshall Field Chicago, IL W 32–0
September 15 Englewood High School Marshall Field Chicago, IL W 22–0
September 22 Manual Training High School Marshall Field Chicago, IL W 46–0
September 29 3:00 p.m.
Chicago Athletic Association Marshall Field Chicago, IL L 4–123,000
[3]
[4]
October 6
Northwestern Marshall Field Chicago, IL W 46–0
October 10
Rush Medical Marshall Field Chicago, IL W 16–6
October 13
Beloit Marshall Field Chicago, IL W 16–0
October 17 Chicago Athletic Association Seconds Marshall Field Chicago, IL W 20–0
October 20
Wisconsin Marshall Field Chicago, IL L 0–30
October 24 Chicago Athletic Association Marshall Field Chicago, IL L 0–30
[5]
October 27
Iowa Marshall Field Chicago, IL T 18–18
[6]
October 31 Prairie Athletic Club Marshall Field Chicago, IL W 26–0
November 3
Purdue Marshall Field Chicago, IL (
rivalry ) L 6–10
[7]
November 6 Englewood YMCA Marshall Field Chicago, IL W 4–0
November 10 Lake Forest Marshall Field Chicago, IL W 28–0
November 24 Northwestern
Evanston, IL W 36–0
November 29
Michigan Marshall Field Chicago, IL (
rivalry ) L 4–66,000
December 25
Stanford W
24–4 4,000
[8]
[9]
December 29 Stanford L 0–12
January 1
Reliance Athletic Club San Francisco, CA L 0–6
January 4 Salt Lake YMCA
Salt Lake City, UT W 52–0
[1]
Roster
Player
Position
Charles William Allen (captain)
right tackle, left end, halfback
Horace Webster Black
Henry Thurston Chace
right end
Henry Gordon Gale
fullback
Walter Eugene Garrey
right end
Frank Earle Hering
quarterback
Clarence Bert Herschberger
fullback
George Nelson Knapp
right guard
John Lemay
left end
Frederick Day Nichols
right halfback
Charles Foster Roby
right end
William Rullkoetter
left guard
Robert Newton Tooker
Emery Roscoe Yundt
References
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b
"1894 Chicago Maroons Schedule and Results" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 10, 2016 .
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"University of Chicago Football Media Guide" . University of Chicago. 2016. p. 22. Retrieved November 10, 2016 .
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" 'Varsity And Athletics Today" .
Chicago Tribune .
Chicago, Illinois . September 29, 1894. p. 7. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com
.
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"Stagg's Men Beaten" .
Chicago Tribune .
Chicago, Illinois . September 30, 1894. p. 4. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com
.
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"Chicago Athletics, 30; 'Varsity, 0" .
Chicago Tribune .
Chicago, Illinois . October 25, 1894. p. 11. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com
.
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"Kicked Out A Tie" . The Inter Ocean . October 28, 1894. p. 10. Retrieved October 12, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"A Traitor in Camp: Purdue Given the Signals Used by the 'Varsity Eleven" . The Inter Ocean . November 4, 1894. p. 10 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Stagg's Men Victors" . The Inter Ocean . December 26, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved April 26, 2015 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Chicago Won It" . The San Francisco Call . December 26, 1894. p. 10. Retrieved April 26, 2015 – via
Newspapers.com .
Venues
Marshall Field (1893–1912)
Old Stagg Field (1913–1939)
Stagg Field (?–present)
Bowls & rivalries Culture & lore People
Seasons National championship seasons in bold